Shuchatowitz, affectionately known by students and faculty as “Mr. S.,” founded what was then called Bi-Cultural Day School in 1956, creating a Jewish day school with a dual curriculum for students in grades pre-K through eight. Mr. S. served as Bi-Cultural’s principal for 50 years, retiring in 2005.
Even in his 90s, Mr. S. was still a member of the school’s board of incorporators, and was actively involved in the 2018 merger of Bi-Cultural Day School with the Jewish High School of Connecticut to form Bi-Cultural Hebrew Academy (BCHA), the first comprehensive K-12 Jewish day school in Connecticut. Read the full article |
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January 2020
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